How War Can Make Dehumanizing and Horrific Events Seem Normal

Disturbing

Danfung Dennis tells Harry Siegel how he photographed U.S. soldiers posing with a decapitated head.

Published Apr. 18 2012 5:47PM EDT

articles/2012/04/18/how-war-can-make-dehumanizing-and-horrific-events-seem-normal/dangfung-dennis-photo-q-and-a_xr5a2g — Danfung Dennis

The Daily Beast asked filmmaker and war photographer Danfung Dennis for his response to the pictures, published by the Los Angeles Times, of members of the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan posing in 2010 with the corpses of Afghan bombers.

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How War Can Make Dehumanizing and Horrific Events Seem Normal

Danfung Dennis tells Harry Siegel how he photographed U.S. soldiers posing with a decapitated head.

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Harry Siegel